System and method of manufacture for replaceable icon and speaker module with animated touch-actuated icons
US12306675B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/1688
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A base chassis assembly for an information handling system allowing user replacement of touch-actuated icons and speaker comprises a base chassis top cover joined to a base chassis bottom cover to form the base chassis assembly housing a motherboard, and having an opening for receiving a replaceable icon and speaker module to be operatively coupled to the motherboard. The replaceable icon and speaker module including plural acrylic layers forming an icon panel including a touch icon zone with icons formed from etching light prism arrays in the plural acrylic layer bottom surfaces for refracting colored light from a light emitting diode (LED) side-mounted at a determined angle from each acrylic layer to illuminate the icons, and a capacitive sense circuit board for detecting user touch at the touch icon zone, and an associated user input, based upon identification of the illuminated icon.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.